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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
IapIaEder Babies In Church.

want to tell you how the mammas
away up in Lapland keep tier babies
from disturbing the ministe on Sunday
Poor babies! 1 suppose it is growing
bad style everywhere to take them out
to church.
And suppose, too, that the ministers
are privately as thankful as can be.
But tie Lapp mammals don't stay at
home with theirs. The Lapps are a
very religious people. They go immense
dis ances to hear their pastors. Every
missionary is sure of large audience,
and an attentive one. He can lear pin
drop that is, should he chose to drop
one himself; the congregation wouldn It
make so much noise as that under any
consideration. All the babies are out
side, buried in the snow. AS soon as
the family arrives at the little CHURCH,
and the reindeer is secured, tt papa Lapp
stovels a snug l tile bed in the snow,
and mamma Lapp wraps baby snugly in
skins, and deposits it therein. Then
papa piles the snow around it, while the
parents go decorously into church. Over
twenty or thirty babies lie out there in
the snow around the church, and | never
heard of one that suffocated or froze.
Smoke dried little creatures, I suppose
they are tough! But how would our
soft, tender, pretty, pink and-white
babies like 1t, do you think9-[ Wide
Awake.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
A Pathetic Incident.

\ A few weeks ago in this city poor
widow died, leaving one child, little
lame boy, to the cold charities of the
world
After his mothers funeral the little
fellow was taken i'll from the combined
results of grief and neglect, and 1t was
then evident that he would soon be
united to his only friend.
He was left alone much of the day,
there being no one who could spare the
time to stay with him. 1t was often
noticed that the voices of to persons
could be heard in his little room. But
when those in charge entered he would
be alone and apparently asleep.
One day they listened, being quite
sure that no one was with the child, and
they overheard this strange monologue:
as you rite there, mammal"
eyes, my little boy | is rite herel
"Was you went away YETI"
81 vented back to heaven to tell God
about my little boy"
"Did you was afraid, mammal"
n5s No 2 5 my gwn - cause God is
MAJ"
81 folded Him I had a little boy
named Harry-an'-a am"
There was a loud noise of sobbing
then, and the listeners without cried,
too. Presently the child's voice re-
sumed:
Did you told God to let me come up
there, mammaW
'Yes, my boy, an He said, 'bimeby,
bimeby.'"
Mamma, rse-so-tired-an'-an'-
sleep-an'-I want to come an stay
with-you and God"
There was long silence then, broken
by no cry or sob. The listeners went in
after resolving in their hearts to be
thereafter very patient with the mother
less e.
But death had been kinder than they
NJ. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
Too Much to Bear.

Dora-"Ohl you darlingl And SO
you and Mr.. Apollo are engaged?"
Nellie-"Yes; isn't it lovely ?"
"See here, Nellie, Mr.. Achilles has
been coming to see me night after night
for a year, and hasn't said word yet,
and I don't believe he's bit more
bashful than Mr.. Apollo"
"He couldn't be, dear, if he tried.
But, am afraid, Dora, you are too
bold with him. Bashful men can't
stand boldness, you know. 1t scares
them"
I'm sure I've done my best, Nellie,
not to let him know L liked him. But
dear me! Mr.. Apollo hasn't known you
more than three months. How did it
happen?"
"Well, last evening I praised you,
and praised you, and praised you, and
praised you, until he said he believed
every word [ said, and thought you
were just the loveliest-and then [
threw myself ON his neck and cried It
was too much-to even think of the
possibility of his liking any one else
[ couldn't bear it. Could you? And
then after that, somehow or other,
everything got fixed right, and he's 60
ing to bring the ring this evening. .
omaha World
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
Tie Genuine Beggar.

The first necessity of the genuine
beggar is lying 1t is most astonishing
what plain, simple, easily discovered
lies some people will tell. know one
man who has maintained one persistent
lie for years He always says his child
is dead and he wants money to bury it.
lie has time and time again been caught
in it. and yet he keeps it up, and he has
been known to come to the same person
three or four times with the same pre-
Iext. The fact is people are generous
10 Deggars. They will crush any man
who IS unfortunate and out of luck.
They will not help the man whom ma
luro has cursed with an inadaptabllity
to the responsibilities of life, but who
keeps up constant struggle. They will
offer charity to the afflicted and make it
charity. but to the beggar who comes
up boldly with lie on his tongue they'll
rive with a smile and a laugh as good
Joke. stu Francisco Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
The City SOns-in-Law.

A New York correspondent writes:
Son-in law society flourishes here like
a green bay tree. I could name whole
families who have crawled into the
charmed circles of society behind a lit
tie bit of son in-law, but 1 refer to the
sons in.law who get into society by
marriage, and are no sooner in the swim
than they undertake to run society to
suit themselves. You do not find any
thing like this East or West or anywhere
but in this immediate vicinity. Sons
in-law do not 90 to the front in New
York No son-in law coming from the
depths of big city's population can 90
forward there and dictate to anybody
he must remain modestly in the rear,
and if he gets into society at all, is made
to know and feel that he is there by
sulference. He appreciates his position
and respects it.
Here, however, the son-in law is high
cockalorum. He assumes a dictatorship
of his wife's family and friends that
casts Bonaparte's doings into the shade.
He is the grand marshal of every society
parade, and the master of ceremonies at
every entertainment. He has his low
DTCu hdnnOIS Will Illlll Oh course, anu
his circle is constantly receiving remind
ers of what he is worth, what it costs
him for his equipages, what he pays to
run his house, the amount of his gas
bills, butcher bill, etc. 1t has been the
misfortune of some poor society girls to
marry this kind of husband Fate not
fortune, gains them admission to what
should be, but what are not, the best
circles, as long as they are contained in
them. pity the girl who marries an
underbred man who, by some lucky
stroke, is placed in possession of large
sum of money; but there are numerous
girls of this kind in St. Louis. If there
weren't there wouldn't be so much SON
in-law society, and everybody knows
there is more than an abundance of ii
here. Several entertainments which
have attended this season have been run
by sons in-law. There is too much OF
this kind of thing. Won't somebody
try to save us from this Western monster
son-ln-law society
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
The Reign of Queen Victoria.

In the thousand and sixty years which
have elapsed since Egbert was made
King of all England, there have been
Teigns have been so prolonged as that of
Queen Victoria. But her Majesty will,
in the course of this year, have reigned,
in one sense, longer than any English
sovereign; for of the three Kings whose
Teigns will have exceeded hers at the
Jubilee celebration in June next, not one
actually ruled for so long a period as so
years. King Henry Ill was crowned
on the death of King John in 1916, but
the regency was entrusted to the Earl of
Pembroke, and it was not until 1929
that the King was declared of age.
King Edward III. succeeded to the
throne on the deposition of his father in
1897; but it was not until 1880 that he
assumed the Government, so that he
only ruled from that date to his death
in 1377-47 years. King George III.
practically ceased to reign six weeks
after the completion of his so years
reign; but if we except the period DUR
ing which his former mental afliiction
namely, from the beginning OF
November, 1889, until the following
February--his Majestys actual rule fell
below the period of 80 years. 1t is pro
posed first to inquire into the origin of
jubilees, and then, by reference to the
works of the principal historians, to
show the vast national importance of
the reigns of the three monarchs who
have worn the English crown for more
than so years. Tile National Re0ieO.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

to love Hml Would that could take this
audience and wreathe it around the heart OF
my Lord Jesus Christ.
When, in 1855, the Atlantic cable was lost,
do you remember that the Great Eastern and
the Midway and the Albany went out tot find
it! Thirty times they sank the grapple two
and half miles deep i'll the water. After
awhile they found the cable and brought it
to the surface. NoSoOner had it been brought
to the surface than they lifted a shout of eX-
ultation, but the cable slipped back again into
the water and was lost Then for two
weeks more they swept the sea with the
graphing hooks, and at last they found the
cable and they brought it up in silence
They fastened it this time. Then with great
excitement they took one end of the cable to
the electricians room to see if there
were really any life in it, and when
they saw a spark and knew that
message could be sent, then every
hat was lifted. and the rockets flew I'm a Ens
expedition knew the work was done, anu Iue
continents were dashed together wen, my
friends, Sabbath after Sabbath we hI N.Y.
come searching down for your SOUL w
have swept the sea with the graphing
kook of Christs gospel. Again and again
we have thought you were at tue surface anu an !
began to rejoice over your redempUlon p1U
at the moment of our gladneSs you sank PACK
again into the word ana pa * agI'Ln IiiEo
sin To-day we come with this Gospel search
inc for your soul. We apply the cross OF
Christ first to see whether there is any lie
eft in you, while all around the people sIahd'
looking to see whether the work will be done,
and the angels of God bend down and witness:
and oh, if now we could see only one spark OF
love, and hope. and faith, we would send up
shout that would be heard on the battle
nents of heaven, and two worlds would keep
Jubilee because communication is open be-
tween Christ and the soul, and your nature
shat has been sunken in the deep sea of sin
mas been lifted into the light and the joy OF
n
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
FALLING 1000 FEET.
1t Was With a Parachute. and the Man
Touched Bottom Safely.

from the San Francisco Chronicle.l
The announcement that Prof. T. S.
Baldwin would drop from balloon
when at an elevation of 1000 feet, by
means of a patent parachute, drew an
immense concourse of people to the ter
minus of the Haight street cable line
yesterday afternoon.
1t was close on to o'clock when Prof.
Baldwin made his appearance, clad in
pink tights, and no time was lost in ar
hanging preliminaries. The apparatus
by means of which he proposed to reach
mother earth from the altitude before
mentioned was made of canvas, and at
tached to the SIDE of the balloon in such
manner that the strain of the aero
naut's weight on it would sever the con-
nection. When fully expanded the ma
chine was seen to he an enormous para
chute, from the outer edge of which
hung numerous cords of about eight feet
in length, which met beneath, and had
suspended from them an ordinary ira
peze bar
Prof. Baldwin was accompanied by
M. Blanchard When the desired height
had been reached Prof. Baldwin grasp
ed the trapeze bar with both hands and
dropped over the side of the basket AS
the rush through the air expanded the
parachute it seemed to pause in midair
This was only momentary, however, and
as the law of grav1tation began to assert
itself the distance between the Professor
and the earth visibly lessened. AS he
hung to the bar he could be seen anXi-
ously looking beneath him, as if specu-
lating on what kind of territory he was
going to land in. Down he came, gath
ering velocity with every foot until It
was very evident that some miscalcula-
ton as to the rate of speed of the ma
chine had been made, and that if the
Professor had the bad luck to be dump
ed on picket fence or on the roof of a
house the trip would not be devoid of
accident Ais well that ends well,
however, and the only thing that suffer
ed through the experiment was a small
waffle tree through which the aeronaut
crashed before striking the ground. He
landed in lot attached to a small cot
tage, and was Immediately surrounded
by thousands eager to know if he had
been hurt. That he was none the worse
for his rapid descent was clearly to be
seen, as, after being congratulated by
Van Tassel, he threw back somersault
and engaged in a fifty-yard squirt.
The reason given by Prof. Baldwin
for the unexpected speed with which he
came down is that the parachute did not
expand fully until wy close to the
ground, by which time he had gained a
velocity that was not easily checked.
Others present considered that the di-
ameter of the apparatus twenty-four
feet-is not sufficient, and that it ought
to be increased by at least i've feet to
insure absolute safety in making a de-
scent of 1000 feet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
Negro Pages in Washington.

New York girls are hard to beat when
1t comes to question of new wrinkles.
but the Washington girls are fully capa-
bic of keeping up their end of the pro
cesslon, says a correspondent. The bill
to provide every member of Congress
with clerk seems to have lmbued every
girl in Washington with the idea that
it would be quite the proper thing to
have a young negro boy fJr page to an
swer the door bell, run errands, and
follow her on her shopping tours like
dlsmounted outrider. The idea has
caught the popular fancy. and black
pages in full livery are all the rage.
Clothed in gay colors, with crests or in
tials on the large buttons, the little
darkies are now to be seen everywhere
about the city following their mistresses
on their shopping tours or when they
go calling, and on reception days stand
at the door with silver waiter for the
reception of cards. 1t is very hard
however, to discipline them, and on one
or two occasions they have made state.
ments to visitors which caused a great
deal of trouble, especially at the house
OF Brigadier General, where the visitor
was told, after waiting some time: 81 can't
lind missus, though she was here Just
now, but guess she must have seen you
coming, and slipped out the back way. u
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

ABSENT MINDED They tell it on q
well-known wholesale grocer of Macon,
whose faculty for remembering faces
is somewhat defective, that he en-
ployed a new drummer about week
ago and sent him out on the road. The
drummer returned, and walking into
the store he was met by the merchant.
who shook hands and then, after ex-
changing the usual commonplaces
asked, "NVh&t can sell you to day n
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
INVESTIGATION ORDERED.

Giveadam Jones then offered the fol
lowing preamble and resolution:
Wherc0', Over sixty of the local mem
bers of dis club am now sufferin' with
chillblains, an am likely to do great
deal mo- of it; now, darfore,
ResoIoe9, Dat de President am re-
quested to pint committee of three to
investigate de subjeck of chillblains an
report on de followin' pints:
What causes EN-?
AR dey epidemic?
3-What will cure 'em?
Alas amputashun proved beneficial
The President observed thar it was a
timely resolution, and appointed Bro
theirs Jones, Penstock and Watkins as
such committee, with leave to expend
the sum of 50 in cash and power to send
for papers and persons. The meeting
then adjourned.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

NINE-YEAR- OLD Charley Andrews was
riding with his mother from Columbus
to Cincinnati. She awoke early in the
morning and he was gone. An engine
was sent back to recover his dead body,
and the boy was found in fence cor.
ner without a scratch or bruise on him.
He said that he wanted his mother. He
had in his sleep stepped from a train
running forty miles an hour.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

THE annual report of the State Sold
iers' Home at Bath, N. Y, for the year
ending September 80, shows the total
number of inmates at the close of the
year was 936, of whora 764 were pres
Cnt. The average number present dur
ing the year was 789. The cost of pur-
chase of rations was a. cents per day,
and the cost of clothing $22.2 per man
per year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

STFAL THEM.-A passenger on one OF
the outgoing Grand Trunk Railway
trains from Montreal drew the attention
of the conductor to the absence of saw
and axe from the racks at both ends of
the car. The reply received was that
as fast as they were put up they were
carried off by thieves!
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

You should never Judge man by
the umbrella he carries. Nine times
out OF ten it belongs to somebody else.
WHATEVER you do, my boy, begin at
the bottom and work up" But, faith,
er, suppose L were going to dig well. "
The law cannot make man moral.
but 1T can make him dreadfully uncom>
Portable when he is immoral. COhLnl-
6ttS (Gd.) Enquirer Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

Two smart citizens of Evesboro, N.
j thought they would play a practical
joke on a colored man named Mitchell,
SO the other night they covered them
selves with sheets, hid behind fence
and rushed out at their victim, who, in
stead of running, seized one of the
iokers and beat him so severely that he
has been unable to leave the house
since.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
A PTTTABLE SIGHT.
4 Little Child Scarcely Three Years Old Drawn
out of Shape by Inflammatory rheumatism.

out of Shape by lnflammatory kheumausm'
ROCHESTER, N. Y, May Is, 1886.
Pardee Medicine Co.,
GENrLEMEN:-We desire to express our
feelings of gratitude for the great blessing
received at your hands in restoring to US
in perfect health, our little three year-old
son, who for weeks has been very great
sufferer with inflammatory rheumatism.
His little hands and arms were badly in
famed and so drawn out of shape that We
feared he would never again have the use
of them; but thanks to DR. Pardee's excel
lent remedy, he is now entirely free from
pain and has free use of his hands and
arms; in fact is in better health ten ever
before. We feel that your remedy has
performed almost a miracle, and believe it
to be the best on earth, and recommend it
to any afflicted with rheumatism.
We are very truly yours,
Mr.. d Mrs. Ii. KLEEHIMER.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
FOREIGN RELATIONS.

81 hold heah in my hand" said the
President, as he exhibited an official
looking document, ga letter of inquiry
from member of de Michigan Legisla-
chur akin what posishun dis Lime-Kiln
Club will take in case of war between
the United Stats an Canada. 1t sur.
prises me dat any one kin fur a moment
suppose dat we would take any odder
posishun dan one of loyalty to our ken
try. We should cherry one of us seek to
secure a gov ment contract an make as
much as possible, while de white folks
would be LETT to do de fightin"
'Does we understan' the Char to
predict war?' inquired Waydown Be
bee.
mo, sab. De relashuns between
Canada an dis kentry am gwine to be
stretched like pulIin' an ole suspender.
but dar won't be any war Across de
occ n, govment mus go to war to keep
DER subjicks quiet, but on dis side we
fdst stop to count de cost. a few states
men may shoot off der moufs in favor
of row, but de mechanic an farmer
hev got to be heard from befo' war am
declar'd. De United States an Canada
am big huff an ole huff to behave deir-
selves, an arter time dis chin-musick
will die away on de air an de lion an
de eagle will lie down together again
in peace. De mex treaty made between
de two kentues should be written by
some skuleboy. He may not be able to
git in many big words, but he will define
a three mile limit so it won't be TO-
miles to one party an only two to de
other"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

without wishing to investigate, If you are
wise. Send your address to Hallett d Co,
Portland, Maine, and you will receive tree'
fnll information about work that you can do,
ard live at home, wherever you are located, at
which you can receive from So to SO and up
wards daily. Some have earned over soy IN d
dav- Canifal not required; you are started
free. Ali snew. Both sexes; all ages. snug
little fortunes await all workers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

IF you have numbness in arms or limbs,
heart skips beats. thumps or flutters, or you
are nervous and irritable-in danger of shock
DIR. Kilmer's OCEAN WEED regulates, re-
GeyeS. cOrrects and cures,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

1t is none to early to be getting ready for spring,
and the first thing which should receive atten-
ton is your own system. II you have been well
during the winter have been troubled with scrofua
salt rheum or other humors OF the blood you should
purify the blood by taking Hoods SarsaparilIa You
Will then escape that indescribable tired feeling
which is so prostratlng and often unaccountabie
In the spring months. Do not put of taking a re-
liable medicine, but take Hoods sarsaparilla before
1T is too late.
II take Hoods sarsaparilla for spring medicine,
and find it just the thing. 1t tones up my system
and makes feel like a different man. NV wife
takes it for dyspepsia and she derives great benent
from it. She says it is the best medicine she ever
took. FRANK C. TURNER, Hook & Ladder No. l.
Friend Street Boston, Mass.
Mrs. c. W. Marriott Lowell Mass. was completely
cured Of sick headache, which she had had 16 years.
by Hoods Sarsa parilla
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

The days are at hand when the letter 1
quietly retires from the language and waits
for sunny spring. For three months from
date, if you ask man how he is, he will
reply: orb web enough, egsebt code id
the ed"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
Despisc Not the Day of SmaII Thing

Little things may he'll n man to rise-a bent
pin in an easy chair, or instance. DR.. Pierce's
pheasant Purgative Pellets" are small things
pleasant to take and they cure sick head
aches, relieve torpid livers and do wonders.
Being purely vegetable they cannot harm any
one. All druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

Commissioner OF Deels for all the States,
Mr.. e. f. Reardon, Baltimore, Md, writes
that he suffered for long time with rheuma-
ti=In. viii h yielded to no treatment untu he
applied st. Jacobs Oil.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

You know Hop PldSters are prepared from pain
allaying virtues of Hops Gums, Burgundy Pitch
Hop PldsterS curepain and soreness, strength
en- weak parts and do it quickly, too. 25 cts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

OSCAR WILDE is letting his hair grow
long again. Mrs. Wilde is not the wo-
man we took her to be.-Macon Tele-
graph.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10
Won Can't Read This

A watch has been invented to carry in your
boot while travelling. This keeping time with
the feet we always objected to.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

"RoyAL GLUE" mends anythingl Broken
China, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-10

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eve water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle